In addition to being a leading name in the UK transportation industry, Thales also provides software solutions offering travellers everything from train updates on the move to real-time motorway traffic information. Software teams in our Transportation business are therefore behind must-have travel apps as well as integrated communications systems on underground rail networks and, increasingly, a variety of high-profile web projects.

Our software team is growing, as Thales expands into the fast growing Iot market, and delivers predictive and operational insights to our Railway customers.  There is an opportunity to join a growing and innovative start-up feel project whilst being part of a major company as a Software Platform Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Develop software following the processes described in the SDP

• Participate in the design process and in the estimation of stories

• Support the live system

• Assist the PO to track progress maintain Pivotal

• Contribute to the Agile process

• Support bids as necessary

• Take ownership of platform work packages/stories and follow through to completion

• Strong understanding of  .NET C#

• Strong knowledge of Azure and Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) elements (i.e. Stream Analytics, Notification Hubs etc.)

• Strong understanding of common integration patterns (i.e. Broadcast, Publish-Subscribe etc.)

• Advocate of BDD and TDD.

• Passionate about code quality i.e. SONAR

• Good knowledge of  Azure ARM Azure Resource Manager

• Good knowledge of distributed Source Control i.e. Git or other.

• Good understanding of RESTful web services

• Self-confidence and ability to communicate/present issues and challenge requirements.

• Good creativity and ability to provide innovative ideas

This is a fantastic opportunity with a global, innovative organisation. Join us.

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